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  1. Jun 2, 2020 · The United States Must Recover the Full Range of Its Power. By Robert M. Gates. July/August 2020 Published on June 2, 2020. A man stands in rubble after a NATO airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, June 2011. Moises Saman / The New York Times / Redux. Download Article. U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to go it alone in responding to the ...

  2. Dec 2, 2008 · Robert M. Gates, a Cold War veteran selected to remain as defense secretary, has won bipartisan praise for his pragmatism and handling of the Pentagon amid two wars.

  3. Jun 15, 2020 · Robert Gates spent decades in the CIA before being appointed to lead that agency. He was secretary of defense for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He served eight presidents from both ...

  4. Aug 9, 2010 · Robert Gates was born in Wichita, Kansas and joined the CIA in 1966 after attending the College of William and Mary and completing graduate work at Indiana University. He later received a PhD in ...

  5. December 18, 2006 – June 30, 2011. Dr. Robert M. Gates was sworn in on December 18, 2006, as the 22nd Secretary of Defense. Dr. Gates is the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected President. President Barack Obama is the eighth president Dr. Gates has served.

  6. Jun 15, 2020 · Then U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walks from an Osprey aircraft after landing at Forward Operating Base Dwyer on June 5, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Pool/Getty Images hide ...

  7. Robert Gates served as the 22nd Secretary of Defense (2006-2011). He is the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected President. Dr. Gates served eight U.S. presidents in total across both parties. He has led a distinguished career of service and institutional reform both in and out of government.